Rugby League in Las Vegas 2025 will be bigger, bolder and better, with more games, more teams, more nations and more opportunities for travelling supporters to take advantage of a once-in-a-lifetime experience.

Las Vegas, a city built around extravagance and opulence, with the blinking bright lights of giant electric billboards, garish neon signs and enormous flashing video screens, feels about as far away from the traditional northern England rugby league heartlands as its possible to get.

Within hours of the final Steeden being kicked on Allegiant Stadium on Saturday night, the NRL was taking a victory lap after a successful second foray into Las Vegas.

The National Rugby League has descended upon Las Vegas for the second year in a row as the code attempts to put its best foot forward on the international stage. But why has the NRL ventured to the US and what is it hoping to achieve?